Planet-hunting NASA satellite captures a star being ripped apart by a black hole

For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was able to watch the “cataclysmic phenomenon” of a star being torn apart by a black hole from beginning to end. Using follow-up observations from telescopes, astronomers were able to capture unprecedented data about the star-destroying events known as tidal disruptions.

City to pay Stormy Daniels $450,000 over strip club arrest

Ohio's capital city agreed Friday to pay porn actress Stormy Daniels $450,000 to settle a lawsuit over her arrest at a strip club last year, the latest fallout traced to the city's now-disbanded vice unit.

High school football player lifts car off of neighbor, saving his life

Sixteen-year-old Zac Clark was helping his mother do yard work outside their home when they heard their neighbor's wife calling for help, and that's where he found the 39-year-old father pinned underneath a Volkswagen sedan in the driveway.

Ohio deputies pull over Amish buggy with stereo system, open 12-pack of beer

Deputies in Ohio pulled over two Amish men over the weekend who they said had decked out their horse-drawn buggy with a massive stereo system and were throwing back beers.

‘We’re just in awe:’ Preschooler diagnosed with autism and leukemia within 3 months beats the odds

Simon McKenzie was a bubbly 2-year-old in June 2017, capable of counting to 20 and eager to sing nursery rhymes. By September, Simon’s parents noticed that their son wasn’t the same vibrant, extroverted child.

2 arrested after video shows girl, 5, dangled upside down by teacher, bullied by older kids

Columbus police arrested two Ohio educators on charges of endangering children after detectives viewed troubling surveillance video from the learning center where the educators were employed, according to the Columbus Division of Police.

Ohio mom shoots daughter making surprise visit home from college, police say

A woman shot her 18-year-old daughter in the arm after the teen came back to make a surprise visit home from college and startled her, police said.

López pitches 1-hitter, White Sox beat sliding Indians 7-1

Reynaldo López pitched a one-hitter for his first complete game in 75 career big league starts, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7-1 Thursday.

Ohio TV station’s chief meteorologist charged with child pornography

A meteorologist for an Ohio television station has been arrested and charged with pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor.

AL holds off NL for 4-3 win in All-Star Game

Justin Verlander, Shane Bieber and the American League pitchers plugged power back into the mound.

In US 1st, baby is born from dead donor's transplanted womb

The Cleveland Clinic says it has delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a dead donor.